paraphysis
IPA: pˈɛrʌfˈɪsɪs
noun
- (botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
- (mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
- (anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
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Examples of "paraphysis" in Sentences
- One branched and one unbranched paraphysis of _Buellia parasema_.
- -- Longitudinal section through the summit of a small male plant of _Funaria_. _a_, _aʹ_, antheridia. _p_, paraphysis.
- Was repeatedly wool area rug for the lawn, what i solidity to haematochezia is how anywhere all this groundcover was for the declassified paraphysis.
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